Improvement in wooden panels



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Wooden Panels.

Patented Dec. 2,1873.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDOUARD MAITRE, OF VEUXAULLES, FRANCE.

IMPROVEMENT IN WOODEN PANELS.

Specieation forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,22 I dated December2, 1873; application tiled November 10,1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDOUARD MAITRE, of the borough of Veux'aulles, inthe Republic ot' France, have invented a new and useful Int provelnentin Iooden Panels; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled inthe art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming part ot' this specification, in whichdrawing- Figure l represents a face view of a pane made according to myinvention. Fig. 2 is a similar view thereof in a modilied forni. Fig. 3is a ktransverse section of the same. Fig et is a similar section of amodification thereof.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to the manufacture of wooden panels forcontabulations 5 and consists in the employment for this purpose ofpieces of waste wood, which are united by means of tongues and grooves,and arranged in suitable patterns between entire boards, the whole beingbolted together in such a manner that a compact and ornamental panel isobtained, which can be manufactured at a small cost, and finished fortransportation.

In carrying out my invention I take pieces or strips, Aot wood, of thatwhich usually goes to waste in a workshop, and provide the same withtongues and grooves, or with rabbets, whereby the same are joi-nedtogether. These pieces are prepared by means ot' suitable machinery, toinsure their uniformity and to rcduce their cost of construction. Thepieces A are interspersed with full or entire boards B, being more orless according to the stiffness required. In panels for llooring,requiring great strength, the stit't'eningboards B are made to alternatewith the pieeed boards A, as in Fig. 1 of the drawing, but for ordinaryuses said stiffening-boards are placed only on one or both sides oredges of the panel, as in Fig. 2, thus affording a greater opportunityfor display or ornamentation.

When the several parts have been adjusted in their relative positions,dowel-pins C are` in.- trodueed for permanently holding the sametogether. Such dowel-pins are placed crosswise, and are passed throughthe panel, as in Fig. 3, or keys may be arranged in guidegrooves, as inFig. 4 ofthe drawing.

Colored woods may be employed in making my panels, the same beingarranged in ornamental patterns, as wooden marquetry, and producing verybeautiful ei'ects.

The edges of the finished panel arc cut oil:l at right angles, or theymay be cut oft' obliquely to form the contabulation called Point ofHungary,77 and such finished panel is also provided with tongues andgrooves to ett'eet a connection.

The panels are entirely finished in the workshop, so that they areconvenient for transportation, and the same may be substituted for tilesor enamel brick in tlooring, and they are also of advantage for theconstruction of entablature triezes, wainscots, and other purposes.

IV hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters latent, is-

In the imniufacture'ot' wooden panels, the employment of pieces orstrips A of wood, which are united by means of tongues and grooves, andarranged in suitable patterns bctween entire or stii't'ening boards B,the whole being held together by means of pins or keys (l, substantiallyas herein shown and described.

ED. MAITRE.

Witnesses A. FoUnNisER, S. BEEsseT.

